Israel Subsidizes Afternoon Child Daycare for All Families

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The finance ministry is subsidizing afternoon day care for all families; Israel will have its first separate handicapped-accessible beach in Ashdod; 11 promising young leaders from eight countries recently graduated from the Israel-Asia Center’s 2016-17 Leaders Fellowship program, and much more.

New accessible beach for the disabled

Thanks to “Refuah V’simcha,” an organization which helps sick and needy people, Israel will have its first separate handicapped-accessible beach in Ashdod. It will have an access route right up to the water line, allowing the physically handicapped to preserve their dignity.

Integrating Israeli-Ethiopians

I reported previously (Oct 2016 – TY Sharon) on Israel’s Tech-Career which has helped over 400 young Ethiopian-Israelis launch careers in the Israeli hi-tech industry. Here is a more recent article about the work of this vital non-profit organization.

Israeli to swim round Manhattan to fund research

Israel’s Guy Cohen will take part in the 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan – one of the hardest swims in the world. He is raising funds for research by Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center into Sudden Cardiac Death, which took his six-year-old daughter Netta 15 years ago.

Israeli nurses baby of injured Arab mother

Finally – a positive Israel article in the NYT. A Palestinian Arab mother was so badly injured in a car crash that she was unable to nurse her baby, who wouldn’t take a bottle. Whilst family members watched helplessly, Israeli nurse Ola Ostrowski-Zak took the child and breastfed him.

Georgia – a 2,600-year link

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and visiting Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili highlighted the 2,600-year history of Jewish relations with the Caucasus country. The Georgian leader committed his Government and people to strengthen bilateral ties.

The Jewish state ranked 17th overall in the United Nations Global Innovation Index report, improving its standing by four places from 2016. It topped the list for percentage of researchers, expenditure on R&D, Venture Capital investment and IT services export.